Draven's pov
The mansion felt like a tomb that morning, colder and emptier than usual, but I didn't realize how much until I heard from the staff that Eira had left early,gone before dawn to find me. The words hit me like a blow. Why would she come looking for me? Panic prickled under my skin, sharp and unwelcome. I shoved past the lingering heaviness of sleep and stormed through the hallways, retracing her steps with a mounting dread I tried to suppress. Every empty corridor, every locked door whispered the absence of her presence, and that absence was louder than any scream.